Democrats are tearing into members of their own party after a centrist coalition broke ranks Sunday night and agreed to vote on legislation to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The vote, which was 60-40, is a procedural move but signals an end could be on the horizon.

The coalition of eight, led by veteran senators Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., joined a Republican agreement that does not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, and is supposed to put the issue to a vote next month, which many believe will fail.

The backlash was immediate. Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Democrats failed to “hold the line” in a post on X. “Working people want leaders whose word means something,” she said.

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